Rainbow in Acetate
by maguero

Comment by RolandB:
Nice color capture on the vinyl. Hard to get.

Rainbow in Acetate
by maguero

Comment by stringofpearls:
One of the better album shots. I like the rainbow effect

Rainbow in Acetate
by maguero

Comment by greigner:
i won't let vinyl be obsolete...never!

A candle of hope in the darkness
by maguero

Comment by maguero:
Thanks for its words, I am in DPChallenge to learn more and more on fotografia, and receiving your certeres comment i learns much. It already makes some of the mentioned modifications and I really feel that it improves much in the image!

again thanks!

Martin.

Originally posted by SJCarter: * Greetings from the Critique Club * First of all, I think this met the Darkness Challenge very well. Yes, candles were a somewhat common theme for this particular challenge, but I think your shot has some very strong merits - separating it from the rest. I like the detail on/in the candle and the flame itself. The composition is good - except for the fact that the candle's bottom isn't horizontal (I'm sure that this probably detracted from your overall score). Another thing that probably detracted from your score is the background. As some of the other commenters mentioned, the blue & green dots are distracting and there's almost enough shadows to the images in the background to make them out, but not quite. I think a solid black background would have probably done more service to your image. I like the soft glow that the flame has (as well as the overall pic's soft glow) - that adds a very nice warm touch against the dark background. So, I think you scored some points for "mood" in this piece. You might consider cropping off the bottom portion of the image until the candle's bottom can't be seen - that would eliminate a couple of the issues above. Overall, though I think it was a strong entry and with just a couple of modifications could have been a contender. Nice work. Please feel free to PM me with any questions or comments on my feedback. Just my 2 cents... Jimmy

A candle of hope in the darkness
by maguero

Comment by SJCarter:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

First of all, I think this met the Darkness Challenge very well. Yes, candles were a somewhat common theme for this particular challenge, but I think your shot has some very strong merits - separating it from the rest.

I like the detail on/in the candle and the flame itself. The composition is good - except for the fact that the candle's bottom isn't horizontal (I'm sure that this probably detracted from your overall score). Another thing that probably detracted from your score is the background. As some of the other commenters mentioned, the blue & green dots are distracting and there's almost enough shadows to the images in the background to make them out, but not quite. I think a solid black background would have probably done more service to your image.

I like the soft glow that the flame has (as well as the overall pic's soft glow) - that adds a very nice warm touch against the dark background. So, I think you scored some points for "mood" in this piece. You might consider cropping off the bottom portion of the image until the candle's bottom can't be seen - that would eliminate a couple of the issues above.

Overall, though I think it was a strong entry and with just a couple of modifications could have been a contender. Nice work.

Please feel free to PM me with any questions or comments on my feedback. Just my 2 cents...

Jimmy

A candle of hope in the darkness
by maguero

Comment by Rgarcia:
Very good take on the challenge!! The focus and exposure are right on, a tighter crop would help the composition a lot.

A candle of hope in the darkness
by maguero

Comment by Artifacts:
Nice capture of a flame, particular at the bottom wher you can see complete through it. General quality of the image is OK.

Candles are a surprisingly common theme for submissions to this challenge so might be considered boring to some voters.

There appears to be some detail in the darkened areas of the image. It would be better if the background were solidly black or that you could see enough of the detail in the background to be able to tell what it is. When it is in between like this it acts as a distraction.

The candle itself seems a lttle soft focused in front that some vieweers will find distracting as well. When you can you either want to make this image entirely in focus or narrow the DOF so much that only the flame is focused clearly.

The fact the candle is not horizontal on the bottom is also distracting to the viewer. If you could reposition it so that it is perfectly horizontal or just cut it off such that the bottom could not be seen at all then that distraction would be removed.

A candle of hope in the darkness
by maguero

Comment by Evansbee:
I don't like the green and blue dots

A candle of hope in the darkness
by maguero

Comment by jmlelii:
my eyes keep going to the green and blue dot.

A candle of hope in the darkness
by maguero

Comment by gaurawa:
Frankly I don't think this is darkness, but its light which is your subject...